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Dr. C. L. Poky
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GENERAL BRUSILOFF
P hysician and Surgeon.
Moro, Oregon.
F aced by d e iq a n d s fro m th e c o n d u c to rs, e n g in ee rs, firem en and b rak em en
th a t w ould im p o se o n th e c o u n try an additional b u rd e n in tran sp o rtatio n costs of
$100,<>00,000 a y e ar, th e railro ad s p ro p o se th at this w age p roblem be settled by
re fe re n c e to an im p a rtia l F e d e ra l trib u n a l.
With these employes, whose efficient service is ack n o w led g ed , the railroads
have no differences that could not be c o n sid ered fairly and d ecid ed justly by such
Office in * residence.
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a public body.
B rig h t, B r y a n t & E llis.
Railroads Urge Pubic Inquiry and Arbitration
Attom eys-at-Law
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The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of
the controversy is as follows:
offices a t
“ Our conferences have demoastrated that ws cannot harmonize onr difference« of opinion and that eventually the
naptten in controversy must be passed upon by other and disinterested agencies. Therefore, we propose that your
proposals and the proposition of the railways be disposed of by one or the other of the following methods:
1. Preferably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of its
accumulated iaformation bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a posi
tion to consider and protect the rights an<r equities of all the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue
necessary to meet the added coat of operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be just and
reasonable; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premises,
that we jointly request Congress to take such action as msy be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and
promptly dispose of the questions involved; or
3. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal la w " (T h e Newlands Act).
The Dalles and Moro, Ore.
J. B. Hosford
LAW YER
P rac tises in U n ite d S ta te s
an d S ta te C o u rts also in th e
S ta te of W ash in g to n .
General Bruailoff, the Russian com
mander who has defeated the Austri
ans in recent battles.
MEXICAN
NEWS
NUGGETS
Largp forces of Carranziata cavalry
are being. concentrated a abort dis
tance east of General Pershing’s line
M O R O ,'
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O R E G O N . of communication between Colonia
Dublan and El Valle, according to re
ports brought in by army motor truck
men.
The movement of national guards
men to the border under the presi
G rover J. Duffey
dent's call for troops, is being con
ducted mors effectively than ever be
fore In the United States, according
L a w y e r.
to army officers at .General Funston's
headquarters.
The Mexican foreign office issued a
^Office w ith W. II. R ag sd ale memorandum in reply to Secretary
Lansing's recent note, in which the
correctnesioof assertions in the com
M ORO - . O R E G O N .
munication from Washington were re
peatedly denied. The memorandum
declares''that the United States had
no right to maintain its armed forces
on Mexican soil.
A rumor was current in Mexican
circles in El Paso that Francisco Villa
hail taken charge of the Carranziata
forc^’ of 15,000 men being concentrat
ed at Bustlllos, about 70 miles west of
A ttorn ey a t L aw
Chihuahua City, on the line of the
Mexico Northwestern railway. Author
ities in Juarez, however, have pro
nounced the report unfounded.
O re g o n General George Bell, /r., in com
mand at El Paso, announced that he
had employed a corps of local under
takers to go to Carrizal to bring back
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the bodies of the American soldiers
slain in the engagement there. The
undertakers will go into Mexico under
P A P B R H A N G IN G
personal guarantee of* safety from
General Alvaro Obregon, Mexican min
P A IN T IN G
ister of war.
S u ite
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T h e
B a n k : B u ild in g
C. M. Huddleston
Wasco,
S IG N
W R IT IN G
BRIEF WAR NEWS
Estimates Furnis.ted
Free.
The grand offensive on the western
front, begun by the British and French
on both sides of the river Somme, 60
miles north of Paris, early Saturday
morning, resulted in a great wedge be
ing driven into the German lines along
a 20 mile front with its sharp point
Your business will be
penetrating nearly five miles. '
The drive, the most spectacular In
appreciated and an endeavor
this region since the British captured
will be made to please all.
Loos last September, began Saturday
morning, after the German trenches
had been bathed in a hail of shells
from guns of every caliber for days.
In cooperation with the British, the
French initiated a strong offensive.
South o< the Somme they captured
four villages, and north of that river
they established themselves In the
neighborhood of Harcourt and Curlu.
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On the Italian front the central pow
ers have also met with severe re
verses and for several days the Itali
The FtmciS Chew with the ans have been steadily driving the
Austrians from position after position
Delicious. fruity riavor
in the Trentino. The defense of Ver
dun by the French appears to have
That Lasts
stiffened and the balance of battle iq
that bitterly contested sector appears
MACE BY MCCERH PROCESSES recently to have gwayed In favor of
the defenders.
Y « * want tp get alt the enjoyment
Ma'ntalning their drive against the
rnd benefit possible out of tobacco,
Austr'ans in Galicia, In the region of
xjien chew plug tobacco.
You want your chew’ to have the Koloir »a, the Russians have captured
wholesome, appetizing richness of ripe many villages. ' Northwest of Klmpo-
fruit/ Then chew Spear Head.
, You want a plug with a deliciously lung, Buk^wlna, the Russians already
S’.vcct and mellow flavor that lasts as are in the mountains, and they report
long as the chew lasts. Then chew the( seizure of several strong positions.
Spear Head.
Attacks of German troops in the re
One chew of Spear Head will con-
yinco any man that there’s no othe*’ U»1 gion of the Lipa river were repulsed
bqcco on earth with such a rich an4 with heavy losses, Petrograd asserts.
lasting flavor. That’s because all the
natural juices of the choicest Burley
Wilson 8trongly 8et Against War.
leaf are retained in Spear Head..
New York.—President Wilson made
The making of Spear Head is con
ducted strictly according to pure-food it plain in his speech at the New York
methods in a great modern factory that Press club banquet that he will not
js spic-and-span throughout
The most expensive, modern pre» countenance a war with Mexico until
cesses keep Spear Head fresh, sweet there Is no other alternative for set-
gnd pure at every stage.
fling the border'troubles.*
The hi&cious plug of Spear Head,
from which you bite the tastiest,
German Agent Is Cleared by Jury.
wholesomest of chews, represents
the highest form of plug tobacco
New York.—Hans Tauscher, former
production.
German
army officer, was acquitted
Try Spear Head-—the very best chew
that money can buy. • In 10c cuts, by a jpry of conspiracy to blow up the
J.F Noonan, Moro, Ore.
HlCil. PURE.
ttqs*
PEAR HEAR’
jgrapped in wax paper.
F ed era l Inquiry or
R ailroad Strike?
Welland canal.
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L e a d e rs R e fu s e O f f e r a n d T a k e S trik e V o te
L ead ers of the train service b ro th e rh o o d s, at the joint conference held in N ew
Y o rk , J u n e 1-15, refu sed th e offer of th e railroads to subm it the issue to arb itratio n
o r F e d e ra l review , and t h t em ployes are now v o tin g on the question w h eth er
au th o rity shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-w ide strike.
T h e In te rs ta te C o m m erce C om m ission is pro p o sed by the railroads as the
p u b lic body to w h ich th is issue o u g h t to be re fe rre d for these reasons:
No other body with such an intimate knowledge
of railroad conditions has such an unquestioned posi
tion in the public confidence.
T h e rates the railroads may charge the public for
transportation arc now largely fixed Dy this Govern
ment board.
Out of every dollar received bv the railroads from
the public nearly one-half is paid directly to the em-
ployes as wages; and the money to pay increased wages
caa come from no other source than the rates paid
by the p u b lic .
T h e Interstate Commerce Commission, w ith its con
trol over rates, is in a position to make a complete
investigation and render such decision as would pro
tect the interests of the railroad employes, thé owners
of ths railroads, and the public.
A Question For the Public to Decide
T h e railroads feel th a t they have no rig h t to g ran t a wage p re fe rm e n t oi
$100,000,000 a year to - th e s e em ployes, now hig h ly paid and c o n s titu tin g only
one-fifth of all the em ployes, w ith o u t a clear m an d ate from a public trib u n al that
shall d e te rm in e th e m erits of the case after a review of all the facts.
The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an
im partial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare.
National C onference Committee of the Railways
ELISHA LEE, CAafrwswn *
r. R A L B R IG H T . G— l
Artavtk- Caast Lia« RaOraaS.
L. W* B A L D W IN . G«a7jtf«
C aatral o< Georgia Railway-
C . L. B A R D O . Cea /A fe ae /er,
New Y ork. N ew Have« A H artford Railroad.
a H. C O A P M A N .lW r a A W
S o a lk r r n Railway.
B B. C O T T B R . Ceo7 tfaoagw.
Wabash Railway.
P. B C R O W L B Y .d w r . Ffc» A - m M w W.
Naw Y o rk CaoSral Railway.
GENERAL REVENUE
BILL IS INTRODUCED
O . H . B M B O S O N . G— ‘l M
Bta i< w es
C . H . B W IN O , 0 e a 7 A/eaawr,
FkilaSalpbia A Raadia« Railwei
B. W .G R 1 C B . Cea ZJeX Fraa«/..
Cbeaapeaka A O kie Railway.
A. S. G R B IG , A u l. »•
Si. Loois A Baa Praacieea Rail
C . W . l O U N k C aa7W aaafer
Atchison. Tapaka A Saata Fa Railway.
H . W M c M A S T B R . Cee7 Waaayer.
WkaeliagA Laka Bria RailroaA
Income Tax Increased.
The income tax section of the bill
increases the normal tax on every in
dividual corporation to 2 per cent in
stead of the present 1 per cent; does
not lower the >3000->400() minimum
exemption limit, but reclassifies and
gradually increases the surtax from 1
per cent on incomes of 120,000-140,000,
to 10 per pent on incomes above >500,-
060. The new rates are applicable to
the present year.
The new munitions tax imposes a
tax on the gross annual receipts of
manufacturers.
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The senate military committee pre
pared to Increase by probably more
than >100,000,000 the army appropri
ation bill as It passed the house. The
oommlttee now has approved Increases,
totaling >75,000,000. It is expected the
>152,000,000 measure passed by the
bouse will reach a total of more than
>300,000,000 when reported to the
senate.
V. C. McCORMICK
New Drive Preceded By Most
Terrific Artillery Bombard
ment of War.
Ixmdon.—A fter weeks of intense
bom bardm ent with guns of every cali
ber, firing 1,000,000 shells dailyr the
B ritish and French launched a general
offensive ag ain st the G erm an line
along a fro n t of 25 m iles north of the
river Somme. They succeeded in ta k
ing th e G erm an front line trenches
and capturing m any men.
The British th ru st forw ard followed
five days of the m ost lavish expendi
ture of shell fire the world has ever
known. The G erm an front for nearly
00 miles, from the Yser to the Somme,
was bathed in a never-ceasing flam e
of artillery pounding, with the explo
sion of millions of shells.
At dawn the British bom bardm ent
suddenly concentrated a terrific fire
Vance C. McCormick, of P ennsyl
on the German line from the A rras
vania,
who was selected to head the
south to the Somme. For an hour and
a half the German line was under a Dem ocratic National Committee.
steady rain of high explosive shells
th at blotted out trenches and hum an
life.
The big guns lifted their fire at
7:20. At the sam e Instant rows of
British troops sprang forw ard to the
attack.
W ashington. A division „of au th o r
Fticourl, three miles east of Albert
the scene of d esperate fighting be ity am ong m ilitary com m anders along
tw een the B ritish and G erm ans, has the Mexican border, announced by the
w ar departm ent, reduces Jurisdiction
been captured by the British.
The official statem ent by the French of the southern departm ent, com m and
war office at I*arls says that south of ed by Major G eneral Funston, to the
the Sommo_ tho French have forced T exas line fro.j> the coas^ to El Paso,
th eir way into the second line of the cre ate s a ne’w departm ent of New
G erm an entrenchm ents a t several Mexico, com manded by Brigadier Gen
places and have- captured the village eral Pershing,- and adds the A rizona
border to the w estern departm ent, un
of Fries add the M ereaucourt wood.
South of Ancre river, where the in der Major_ G eneral Bell.
H eretofore the southern d epartm ent
fantry sw ept forward, Curlu was cap-
lu re d by the French and M ontauban has em braced the entire border from
and M ametz were taken by the British the gulf coast to the California s ta te
with alm ost unbroken success, though line, and G eneral P ershing's expedi
heavy cu rtain s of fire and delays due tion in Mexico has been directly under
to stubborn resistan ce were m et at com mand of G eneral Funston.
some points.
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F un sto n Recom m ended Change.
T he G erm ans in their defensive tac
San Antonio, Texas.—The division
ties in many Instances left the first
Un« tram»!) lightly held and then shell of authorilx along the Mexican border
ed It when occupied by the British, was recom m ended to the w ar dep art
but tho British carried on the fight m ent two weeks ago by G eneral F u n
ston. He suggested to the d epartm ent
to the second line.
th at if general field operation in Mexi
co w ere undertaken- g rea ter efficiency
would be displayed by the A m erican
arm y if th ree m ajor generals w ere
placed in command.
THREE MEN WILL
COMMAND BORDER
50 SQUARE MILES
TAKEN BY ALLIES
the biggest fortifications bill ever sent
ANALYZING A HAIR.
to the White House was voted by the
8cisncs Reads It as E x p e rt W oodsmen
house and senate.
CARRIZAL SURVIVOR BACK
Read the Treee.
It carries >26,748,050 in appropria
P aris.—The battle of the Somme,
To
the
German
analyst
hair
is
park
tions, >13,800,000 for authorized con
Trooper C aptured A fter A dventures
ed with inform ation. The approxim ate now in full progress, m arks tho open
tracts.
Says Mexicans A ggressors in Fight
ing
of
the
Franco-British
offensive,
age and physical condition cun be con
Non-Partisan Tariff Commis
RUSSIANS CAPTURE 250,000
sion Provided For in
Total Teuton Losses in June, Includ
Measure.
ing Prisoners, Number 600,000.
Washington.—Creation of a non-par
tisan tariff commission of six mem
bers, with broad inquisitorial powers, .
is proposed in the general revenue bill
introduced by Democratic Leader Kit-
chin, of the house. The bill contem
plates raising between 1210,000,000
and >226,000,000 of additional revenue
by reclassification of the surtax In
comes, a tax on estates and on war
munitions plants. The hill will be
rushed through the house under a spe
cial rule for a vote next Saturday.
The proposed tariff commission
would be empowered to Investigate
operation of the customs laws, includ
ing their relation to the federal rev
enue, to put its information at the dis
posal of the president and congress
committees.
N . O. M A H R R . r ic t - r r ti U m i.
--------MartiiIk- A iy«*4*ra Railway. ..
J A M E S R U S S E L L . <7re7 .Vonerer
Heaver A Rio Grande Railroad.
A M S C H O Y K R . A n iA n N « - A a .,
PenneyIveoia L iaet Waal.
W. I S B D D O N . Rlra Prrr .
Seaboard A ir luna Railway.
A. J S TO N R . F<ee-Fr«ld«af,
Brie Railroad
O . S W A ID , KAe-Avs 9 Gta l Mgr
Sanaa! Cealral Liaea.
GENERAL OFFENSIVE
LAUNCHED BY ALLIES
Petrograd.— More than 250,000 Ger
mans have been taken prisoners in
the last month, according to announce-
ment here. The Teuton losses, Includ
ing casualties, totals 600,000.
The twenty-fourth month of the war
opened with Russia and her allies on
the offensive everywhere. The only
place where there is comparative calm
is In the Balkans and |£is Is largely
due to the blow delivered the Serbians
and Montenegrins by the kaiser last
winter.
Now that the way has been cleared
with the capture of Kolomee and Ober-
tyn, the Russian steam roller is sweep
ing across a path 25 miles wide into
Galicia. It is meeting with practically
no opposition.
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Wilson’s 8peech Makes Impression.
Mexico City.—President Wilson's
speech before the New York Press
club has made a deep impression here
and Is the subject of general com
ment. The paper* print In large type
the statements of the president that
the American people do not want war
and that he is not the servant of those
who desire to increase their property
in Mexico.
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Wilson Urged to Plead for Casement
Washington.—Petitions requesting
that President Wilson urge the British
government to grant clemency to Sir
Roger Casement, the Irish revolution
ist, have reached the White kHense
from many parts of the country. It is
generally understood ths United States
can bring such petitions to the atten
tion o f Great Britain only Informally.
structed by un exam ination of a single
hair.
The hull* of every unhual has certain-
distinguishing characteristics. It Is
pot to be m istaken by a com petent in
vestlgator. Some anim als, as for ex
am ple the cow, have three types of
hair. These will be known by their
structure. Under a proper microscop
leal exam ination hairs will lie as easily
distinguished by an expert ns v-nrle
ties of trees in a grove will be dlstln
gulshed by a forester.
There was a ease in which a dagger
found on the prisoner bad a few short
hairs caught entangled In n nick of
the blade. He explained tills by say
lug th a t he had used the dagger to kill
a rabbit tbut he bad found trapped In
a hedge. The authorities reported to
th e police, a fte r an exam ination of the
dngger, th a t the hairs were not of hu
m an 'o rig in , but they also added they
w$re not rabbit hubs; they were
squirrel hairs.
The police were extrem ely puzzled
until they finally discovered th a t ou
th e night of the homicide the prisoner
bad worn a grout cout trim m ed with
squirrel fur. lie bad, in fact, carefu l
ly washed the knife a fte r the assassi
nation a/iil thereby removed every evi
dence of ills act; but, unfortuuateiy
for him, he made the m istake of a t
tem pting to dry tlie dagger by wiping
it ou the fu r lining of bis g reat c o a t -
Melvllle, Davisson P ost In Saturday
Eveulng P o st
long expected as a critical, if not the
lecislvo, stage of the war.
The allied lines enveloped w ithin
the first 24 hours nine villages and
50 sq u are miles of French territo ry
held by the Germans.
The French had crossed, first, the
Somme canal, then the Somme river,
and held u line approxim ately to Al
bert. It was tlwn, with lines prepared,
th at the British bom bardm ent began.
The French m eanw hile were bom bard
ing the German lines with equal in
tensity, but, as the shelling had been
steady for nine m onths, it was not so
noticeable and did not a ttra c t a tte n
tion. Tho French were thus able to
prepare their p art in the offensive In
secret.
At the prescribed hour of 7:30 S at
urday m orning the troops surged out
of the trenches and over ground torn
by shells into the first line of G erman
trenches.
The G erm ans were unable to stand
ag ain st the elan of the French, who
pushed rapidly forw ard until they pen
etra ted three miles into the German
lines.
The advance so far achieved puts
tho whole German line south to Sois-
sons in danger, as the French are now
well behind th at p art of the German
line.
RETIREMENT IS
El Paso, Tex.—A nother survivor of
the C arrizal fight has reached the bor
der. He is Corporal F. X. Cooke, of
Troop K, T enth Cavalry, who was
brought into Juarez from Villa Ahuma-
da and placed in prison.
Corporal Cooke, in addition to tell
ing a thrilling sto ry of his adventure
since the b attle w ith the Mexicans
under G eneral Gomez, added his sta te
m ent to th a t of other survivors th a t
the M exicans fired the first shots of
the engagem ent.
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He also quoted Captain Boyd as say
ing ju st before the com m ander gave
orders to his men to advance. “The
general has given order th a t there is
only one way for us to go and th a t is
to the north. My orders are to go to
Villa Ahutnada, to the east, and I am
going th e re .’’
C aptain Boyd also, Cooke said, cau
tioned them against firing first and
against letting any piece go off acci
dentally, under pain of heavy punish
ment.
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Villa Alive, Scout Says.
El P sbo , Tex.—Francisco Villa with
1200 followers is in the state of Dur
ango near the Zacatecas border, ac
cording to a report made to General
Bell by a scout who reached the bor
der after a month's Individual pursuit
of the bandit chieftain.
ADMITTED
Villa Bandits Hanged for Raid.
Deming, N. M.—Four Villlstaa who
Wide—I am trimming up lust year's J iv ls k r.s Declared W ithdraw n to
Prepared Positions.
took part in the Columbus raid were
bat to suve the cost of a new one!
Hubby—How good of you! You're a
jfeilln , via London.—In the great executed by hanging in the county Jail
perfect little angel, my dear! Wlflt
Vnglo French offensive begun along a here.
Am I? Then give me $10 to buy front of 25 mllos to the north and
wings - Exchange.
THE MARKETS
Aouth of the river Somme, the German
Ths Angel.
Nice T a b l^ O rnam ent.
When Sir George Trevelyan wus
chief secretary for Irelund. In troublous
times, the |*ollce made him carry a pis
tol about With him. Use night after
dinner he took it out of his pocket and
put it on The table, saying to his host,
"Pruy forgive me, but if you knew how
tired 1 am of carrying thia thing
about!"—London Standard.
official stato m en i says the entente
allied troops were successful In pene
tratln g tfie'G erm an first line trenches
at several points.
Portland. -
Wheat—Club, 82c; blueitem. 95c;
red Russian, 82c; forty-fold, 84c; red
The German division defending fife, 83c.
Hay—Timothy, >24 per ton; alfalfa,
these trenches, It is added, had to be
withdrawn to othei^ prepared positions. 815-
Butter—Creamery, 24c.
From Gommecourt to La Boiselle,
Eggs— Ranch, 22c.
the communication says, the British
Wool— Eastern Oregon, S2c; valley,
and French sustained heavy losses
and obtained no advantage worth men S8o.
Hop«—1915 crop, 8011c; 1818 coo*
tioning.
tracts, nominal.
Hsnsy Out For Wilson.
Seattle.
Los Angeles.—Francis J. Heney, can
Wheat—Blueatem,
94c; club, M e ;
dldate for U. S. senator on the progres
slve ticket In 1914 and one of the Cali red Russian, 85c; forty-fold, 87c; tu r
fornia progressive party leaders, has key rad, 94c.
Barley— 828 per ton.
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:
pledged his support to President Wil
B u tte r—Creamery. SM*
son in a statement addressed to the
e t
Hughes Plans Trip to Pacific Coast.
Blnghampton, N. Y. — Unless he
changes his plans, Charles E. Hughes,
in all probability, will inaugurate his
House Provides for Families of Guard
campaign for the presidency in the
The Hgy resolution, appropriating second week in August, starting on a
>2,000,000 for the relief of dependent
tour which will lake him to the Pacific Hill Roads Can Operate Big Liners.
wives, children and mothers of mar
coast
Washington.—The Northern Pacific
rled militiamen, was passed by the
house by a vote of 296 to 2. It gives Farewells 8ald at Washington Camp. and Great Northern railways may con
tinue to own and operate the steam
the secretary of war power to pay a
Tacoma. Wash.—Thousands sloshed
family without Income >50 a month. through the rain to Camp Elmer M. ships Great Northern and Northern
Representatives James, Michigan, and Brown Sunday to hid farewell to the Pacific, despite the provision of the
Small, North Carolina, voted against 1836 men of the Washington contin Panama canal act forbidding owner
ship of steamships by railroads, the
the hill.
gent who entrained Monday for ths interstate commerce commission da
Fortification Bill Voted.
border.
president
oided.
Approval of a conference report on
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